I went to Frame Park in Waukesha yesterday. The Fox River runs right thru the edge of downtown. I intended to take pictures of steam rising off the water. Alas, no steam. I can't remember whether it's supposed to be warm air over cold water or cold air over warm(er) water.
I wasn't going to go away empty. The Digital Nature Photography book my daughter gave me talks at length about adjusting your exposure by reviewing the histogram after each shot - move the mountain as far to the right as you can without any clipping. The writer is using manual settings to do this. This is what I was after
Then I got into Elements and did very little to the images: very slight levels adjustment on the right side, +10 contrast boost, +10 saturation boost, sharpen.
This is what you don't want; I didn't waste any time in Elements with blown highlights.
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Rusty
I wasn't going to go away empty. The Digital Nature Photography book my daughter gave me talks at length about adjusting your exposure by reviewing the histogram after each shot - move the mountain as far to the right as you can without any clipping. The writer is using manual settings to do this. This is what I was after
Then I got into Elements and did very little to the images: very slight levels adjustment on the right side, +10 contrast boost, +10 saturation boost, sharpen.
This is what you don't want; I didn't waste any time in Elements with blown highlights.
...next post
Rusty